#drawback

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#countries #drawback #insight #interest #into

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#better #comes #drawback #feel #get

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time. ↗

— Christopher Fry

#attention #being #drawback #full #give

I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing. ↗

— David Mamet

#back #coming #could #day #drawback

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#am #babies #despite #drawbacks #having

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all. ↗

— Allison Janney

#drawback #good #growing #growing up #height

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time. ↗

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

#else #life #living #nothing #positively

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#escape #fame #never

Pull the good out of it and not worry about the drawbacks. ↗

— Chris Squire

#drawbacks #good #out #pull #worry

Becoming a vampire is forever. You don't get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that's one of the big drawbacks with anything that's permanent. How do you know how you're going to feel in five years or 10 years? Even with a tattoo. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#anything #becoming #big #change #do you know